[ben_w]

The evidence given to the committee had a different, but equally relevant, example about how completely pointless the entire concept was for their stated goal.

Something like:

Govt.: "Imagine a teenager goes missing, we can use these records to find if they were posting on Twitter!"

Expert testimony: "The way these things work, their phones will connect to Twitter hundreds of times each day even if the person themselves doesn't."

The government may well be dumb enough that you were correct to write:

> the person

But the assumption of their incompetence is only wise when asking if they'll do something you want, not if asking if they'll do something you hate.